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{{Infobox software
| name = hping
| screenshot =
| caption =
| developer = Salvatore Sanfilippo (Antirez)
| latest_release_version = hping3-20051105
| latest_release_date = November 5, 2005
| platform = CLI
| programming language   = [[C (programming language)|C]]
| operating_system = Cross-platform
| genre = [[Computer security]]
| license = [[Software:GNU General Public License|GNU General Public License]] v2
| website = [http://www.hping.org/ www.hping.org]
}}
'''hping''' is an open-source [[Packet generator|packet generator]] and analyzer for the TCP/IP protocol created by Salvatore Sanfilippo (also known as Antirez).
It is one of the common tools used for security auditing and testing of [[Firewall (computing)|firewall]]s and networks, and was used to exploit the [[Idle scan|idle scan]] scanning technique (also invented by the hping author), and now implemented in the [[Software:Nmap|Nmap Security Scanner]]. The new version of hping, hping3, is scriptable using the [[Tcl]] language and implements an engine for string based, human-readable description of TCP/IP packets so that the programmer can write scripts related to low level TCP/IP packet manipulation and analysis in a short time.

==See also==

* [[Software:Nmap|Nmap Security Scanner]]: Nmap and hping are often considered complementary to one another.
* [[Software:Mausezahn|Mausezahn]]: Another fast and versatile packet generator that also supports Ethernet header manipulation.
* [[Software:Packet Sender|Packet Sender]]: A packet generator with a focus on ease of use.

==External links==
*[http://www.hping.org/ The Hping Website]
*[http://wiki.hping.org/ The Hping Wiki]
*[http://nmap.org/idlescan.html Idle Scanning], paper by Nmap author Fyodor.
*[http://www.darknet.org.uk/2006/07/hping-2-fixed-for-windows-xp-sp2-service-pack-2/ Hping 2 Fixed for Windows XP SP2 (Service Pack 2)]

[[Category:Free network-related software]]
[[Category:Unix network-related software]]
[[Category:Network analyzers]]

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